Hi Ron,
I just thought I'd let you know that I've called Ants Marching twice now,
and it has worked really well both times. I was worried because it has
several challenging moves but as you say, it works.
Dale
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Ron T Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I wrote a dance that, when I finished it, I realized
the A was the
same as 3-33,33:
http://contradances.tumblr.com/post/10510984149/ants-marching
It's gone over well, and has an easier finish. There's one move to
teach very carefully. (I uh ... sorta created a variation of a
left-hand-high-right-hand-low that goes into a swing ... called a Loop
Di Doo). It's been picked up by a few other callers, so, I know it's
not totally awful.
in dance,
Ron T Blechner
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Bree Kalb <bree(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
I agree with Michael. Especially in the case of a
classic.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Barraclough <michael(a)michaelbarraclough.com>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2013 5:25 PM
>To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
>Subject: Re: [Callers] Tampering with a classis aagain 3-33-33
>
>There are thousands of contras. If one doesn't work, why not try
>another one instead of altering that one?
>
>Michael Barraclough
>
>
>
>On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 13:16 -0700, Dave C wrote:
>
>> Instead of the Ladies Dosido 1.5 at the end to progress, just have the
Ladies AL 1 1/2 in the center, with RH ready for the next neighbor. Some
in the caller community have dubbed this version of the dance 3-33-34.
>>
>> Dave Colestock
>> New Cumberland, PA
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 6/20/13, Kalia Kliban <kalia(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: Kalia Kliban <kalia(a)sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Callers] Tampering with a classis aagain 3-33-33
>> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
>> Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:10 PM
>>
>> I've had pretty good luck with it, possibly because I have the women
ID the next neighbor early on. They know which face to look for. After
that, they get a better feel for the area to aim for to find the new
neighbor. A couple of seriously disoriented dancers can really play havoc
with this dance though. It's brittle.
>>
>> Kalia
>>
>> On 6/20/2013 11:02 AM, Rickey Holt wrote:
>> > 3-33-33 lovers and callers - I have been calling this great dance
recently
>> > and noticed that dancers of various
experience levels in several
venues have
>> > had trouble with the transition in
the B2 from the Ladies Do-si-do 1
1/2 to
>> > the balance with the next neighbor
that starts the dance. They have
trouble
>> > finding that next neighbor, even
after several times through, and
with
>> > translating the momentum of crossing
the set to that of up and down
the line
>> > of the first part of the dance. I
tried substituting an allemande
right 1
>> > 1/2 for the do-si-do 1 1/2 of the
original with little effect. What
about a
>> > ladies allemande right about 1 1/2
to a next neighbor allemande left
and
>> > then starting the dance again with a
balance by the right with that
>> > neighbor? Other solutions? Have you or your dancers noticed the
problem
> that I have seen. As always, thanks for your
thoughts.
>
> Rickey Holt
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